Yaz Posted January 7 Share Beware of this man Francios Grobbelaar I dealt with him on FB. He is a fraud. Bought a varia which he never sent. Phatman, erikt123, sidedraught and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas_187 Posted January 7 Share Why did you send a stranger money? I'm sorry but this is not even a scam anymore. Edited January 8 by Andreas_187 OVERDRIVE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karma Posted January 8 Share 6 hours ago, Andreas_187 said: Why did you send a stranger money? I'm sorry but this is not even a scam anymore. Thanks for your opinion but let's appreciate the OP warning others. Maybe there's more context needed too, but to shame the OP is poor form. Chad Minnaar, babse, TheoG and 9 others 8 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas_187 Posted January 8 Share On 1/8/2024 at 5:26 AM, karma said: Thanks for your opinion but let's appreciate the OP warning others. Maybe there's more context needed too, but to shame the OP is poor form. It is poor form but come on, it is non stop... why do people keep giving these MF's easy money. It's really irritating especially when they could have used the BikeHub pay thing. Edited January 9 by Andreas_187 Typo Me rida my bicycle, OVERDRIVE, TheoG and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dappere Posted January 8 Share 9 minutes ago, Andreas_187 said: It is poor form but come on, it is non stop... why do people keep giving these MF's easy money. It's really irritating especially when they could have used the BikeHub at thing. You are exactly one of the reasons why people can’t learn from others’ mistakes. We all make them. Yet, when someone tries to do the right thing by informing the community, they just get criticised and called stupid. This is why more people can’t learn or be enabled to see the red flags. Phatman, vulgar, Wannabe and 5 others 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splat Posted January 8 Share 8 hours ago, Andreas_187 said: Why did you send a stranger money? I'm sorry but this is not even a scam anymore. Sheesh! Kick a guy when he is down! NicholasT, Skylark, Mamil and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JordanAtmore Posted January 8 Share 3 hours ago, Dappere said: You are exactly one of the reasons why people can’t learn from others’ mistakes. We all make them. Yet, when someone tries to do the right thing by informing the community, they just get criticised and called stupid. This is why more people can’t learn or be enabled to see the red flags. Yeah I must be honest, let’s not all throw rocks at people. The cycling community in general is a very trust based community. We all help each other out. I am in the buying and selling game of bikes and components and many times I need customers to trust me and pay me before I ship the goods to other provinces ect. This happens all the time and is sometimes more than difficult to know what a scam is or not. mazambaan, Grant G, Max Headroom and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wannabe Posted January 8 Share There is some really opiniated people on this forum lately. This is one of the big reasons I'm contributing a minimum, and I see most of the "old timers" has completely stopped contributing. reteid, Karooryder, geomark and 8 others 9 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted January 8 Share 14 hours ago, Yaz said: Beware of this man Francios Grobbelaar I dealt with him on FB. He is a fraud. Bought a varia which he never sent. Thanks for sharing here @Yaz There's a good chance that this ID is not of the actual person who scammed you but some other unwitting person they stole this ID photo from. Could you perhaps share any additional info, e.g. how they required payment, phone number etc. ? Nickyr and TheoG 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAntoine1 Posted January 8 Share Yip the opinionated/smug people love to comment and it's def getting worse. Anyway thanks for the heads up re this guy. Chad Minnaar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yaz Posted January 8 Share 1 hour ago, Matt said: Thanks for sharing here @Yaz There's a good chance that this ID is not of the actual person who scammed you but some other unwitting person they stole this ID photo from. Could you perhaps share any additional info, e.g. how they required payment, phone number etc. ? Hi Matt. The phone number is no longer in use. In my ignorance I paid to that number. A method I never used before. But I did it because I thought in all honestly he sent a picture with his ID it's most likely not a scam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yaz Posted January 8 Share 1 hour ago, Matt said: Thanks for sharing here @Yaz There's a good chance that this ID is not of the actual person who scammed you but some other unwitting person they stole this ID photo from. Could you perhaps share any additional info, e.g. how they required payment, phone number etc. ? One of the reasons I posted this is because I noticed he was selling quite a few cycling related items. Garmin pedals. Varia. Etc. Loose cog and Mamil 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bichael Dewing Posted January 8 Share 16 minutes ago, Yaz said: Hi Matt. The phone number is no longer in use. In my ignorance I paid to that number. A method I never used before. But I did it because I thought in all honestly he sent a picture with his ID it's most likely not a scam. Unfortunately I’m noticing the eagerness/willingness to send ID/drivers Licence picture like this to prove they aren’t a scammer, is now a red flag that it is more than likely a scammer..🤦♂️ TheoG, cadenceblur, vulgar and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bichael Dewing Posted January 8 Share 17 minutes ago, Yaz said: One of the reasons I posted this is because I noticed he was selling quite a few cycling related items. Garmin pedals. Varia. Etc. You’ve done the right thing mate.. it can happen to any one of us.. we hope we can trust everyone but it’s just not the case.. i only didn’t get scammed out of R5000 because the ID picture sent to me, just like you were sent I was sure had seen in a fraudster post on this forum.. I found the post, it was the same picture and I blocked whoever had contacted me.. so thank you, this post might do the same for someone else like that..😉🤘🏻 TheoG, Mamil, Skylark and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisF Posted January 8 Share 5 hours ago, Wannabe said: There is some really opiniated people on this forum lately. This is one of the big reasons I'm contributing a minimum, and I see most of the "old timers" has completely stopped contributing. Sadly so ...... LOTS of the "old regulars" have gone VERY quiet. Was glad to see @DieselnDust active again. Prince Albert Cycles, Wannabe, Yaz and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betaboy Posted January 8 Share .. we choose our battles! Can’t always be running high pressures…🤭 Jewbacca, ChrisF, DieselnDust and 1 other 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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